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What Really Happened to the Titanic? (1070L)

Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Questions: Answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES unless otherwise instructed. Lists and charts are the

exception and may be answered in phrases.

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main

idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.

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Notes on my thoughts,

What Really Happened to the Titanic?

reactions and questions as I

read:

Scientists have a new theory about the tragic April night 100 years ago

The Titanic was the largest ship in the world in its time.

(Universal Images Group / Getty Images)

One hundred years after the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic on April 14, 1912, experts are

still debating what caused the tragedy. Now, new research by British historian Tom

Maltin points to an unusual optical illusion that may have hidden the iceberg that caused

the Titanic’s deadly crash.

Maltin read weather records, testimony from survivors, and the ship’s logs to research

his theory. The Titanic, he says, sailed from warm Gulf Stream waters into the freezing

Labrador Current. There, the air column was cooling from the bottom up, creating layers

of cold air below layers of warmer air. This is called a thermal inversion.

Walters, J.M. What really happened to the Titanic. Scholastic News. April 13, 2012.

What Really Happened To The Titanic (1070l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet